If you are passionate about applied arts and fine arts, visit the David Collection on your trip to Copenhagen. This is a private collection of C.L. David who was an art collector, businessman and lawyer.
This museum is well known for its Islamic Art displays. Some of the pieces go right back to the 8th century. The museum also displays applied and fine art pieces from 18th century Europe and collections from the Danish Golden Age.
Located in Kronprinessegade in central Copenhagen, the museum is just across the Rosenborg Castle Garden. The neo-classical building that houses the David Collection is impressive and was home to its founder C. L. David.
This museum was officially opened after being declared as an independent institution in 1948. As the collections continued to grow, the building was constantly expanded and rebuilt through the years.
You will find an exquisite collection of Islamic miniatures in the new gallery adjacent to the museum. This gallery was designed and constructed by architect Vilhelm Wohlert in 1990. Today you will find the David Collection foundation standing stately and impressive housing thousands of exquisite artworks. This museum has recently undergone a massive refurbishment. Be sure you visit this wonderful museum on your trip to Copenhagen.

If you are interested in films and film making, you must visit the famous Danish Film Institute in Copenhagen. This is a government agency that encourages and supports cinema and film culture in Denmark.

This institute plays a major role in production of feature films. Danish Film Institute participates in the development and production of documentary and short films. It also plays an important role in marketing and distribution of films and management of the cinematheque and national film archive.

Danish film institute is a perfect platform for filmmakers, cinema-goers and film buffs to meet and interact. They get together and discuss various cinema related aspects relaxing at the restaurant and cafe. The institute also has a film lab for children, book shop and a videotheque. Danish Film Institute has a film archive, stills and posters archive, a library and the film house including the Cinematheque.

Films of all genres are supported by the DFI including TV, cinema, internet, computer and mobile phone. In accordance with the 1997 film act, merger of three organizations namely the Danish Film Museum, National Film Board of Denmark and the Danish Film Institute took place. If you wish to learn all about Danish and international cinema, pay a visit to this institute on your trip to Copenhagen.

The famous 17th century tower known as Rundertarn is located in Central Copenhagen, Denmark. Also known in English as the Round Tower, it was constructed to serve as an astronomical observatory as a part of Christian IV’s architectural projects. Tourists from all over the world come especially to enjoy the expansive view of Copenhagen from the top of the tower that can be climbed through its 7.5 turn helical corridor. Astronomy grew to be very important in 17th century Europe and this led to the mushrooming of many observatories. The first observatory was established at Leiden, the Dutch Republic in 1632. Round Tower observatory came into existence only five years later and was originally referred to as STELLÆBURGI REGII HAUNIENSIS. Today, Rundetarn is a historic monument and a public astronomical observatory offering stunning views of the city. In the olden days, the Round Tower consisted of an academic library, the Trinitatis Church and a university chapel where scholars spent their time. A part of the Trinitatis Complex, Rundetarn is a first purpose built facility of the Copenhagen University Library. Walk along the ramp of the tower to access the Library Hall above the church. This hall is always bustling with activity as regularly plays host to exhibitions and concerts in its capacity as an active cultural venue.

If you like plants and wish to know all about their diversity, you must visit the Copenhagen Botanical Garden on your trip to the city. This garden teaches you all about the fungal kingdoms and even about how to conserve nature on a national and global basis.
Enter the garden and you will find the area divided into three distinct parts namely the Botanic Garden, Botanical Library and the Botanical Museum. At the Botanic Garden, you will find an extensive collection of plants. This garden also houses the seed and gene bank.
At the Botanical Museum, you will find a range of fungi and dried plant collections. You will find Denmark’s botanical literature collection at the Botanical Library. The garden as well as the museum helps develop and maintain scientific collections of dried and living fungi and plants in keeping with international conventions and practice.
All knowledge and collections related to plants are offered by the garden and museum for education, research and public outreach purposes. The extensive library is well maintained and journals, books and records are collected on an ongoing basis.
Research is also undertaken in connection with the collections and students at M.Sc and Ph.D levels are tutored here. Do not miss a visit to this interesting Botanical Garden on your trip to Copenhagen.

One of the most popular tourist attractions in Copenhagen, Rosenborg Castle reflects the very essence of Dutch Renaissance style. This caste was constructed in 1606 and served as a summer house. It was a part of many interesting architectural projects initiated by Christian IV.

The castle has since been expanded many times and its present version was built in 1624. Rosenborg Castle was structurally planned by architects Hans van Steenwincke and Bertel Lange.

Until 1710, the castle was a royal residence. On the third floor, you will find the Long Hall. It was built in 1624 to serve as the royal ballroom. In the 1700s, the hall was used as the banquet hall and the Royal Reception Room. It came to be known as the “Knight’s Hall” from the latter half of the 19th century.

Here you will find a dozen impressive tapestries that depict the victories of the king in the Scanian War. Do not miss out the stucco ceiling that was created in early 18th century. The main attractions at this castle include the throne of queens and absolutist king’s coronation chair. At the Large Hall, you will find an exquisite collection of 17th century silver furniture.

Join one of the public tours organized at this castle. The tour will take you through the museum where you can view artifacts from the Royal Collections.

Geological Museum is an often overlooked tourist attraction in Copenhagen. If you are interested in geology, you must visit this museum on your trip to Copenhagen. Geological Museum is located at Botanisk Have’s north eastern corner right at the Oster Volgade and Solvgade junction.

An ancient, beautiful university building houses this museum where you will find a variety of exhibits that showcases how the earth and life on it was shaped by geological forces. There is a vast collection of minerals and meteorites on display here. All of them were collected from a major fall that happened thousands of years ago in Greenland.

When cut into slices, some of the meteorite pieces offer stunning mirror-like effects. Do not miss out Agpalilik and Savik, two of the biggest specimens on display outside. A part of the National History Museum of Denmark, the Geological Museum conducts exhibitions that cover our Solar System, volcanoes, evolution of life on Earth, minerals and geological evolution of Greenland and Denmark.

Collections at this museum have been meticulously expanded and include century’s old fossils, minerals, meteorites and petrology. If you are interested, you can attend one of the series of popular talks organized by the museum.

National Gallery in Copenhagen is one of the famous tourist attractions. This museum is popularly known as Statens Museum for Kunst. If you are interested in art, this museum is a must-visit place on your trip to Copenhagen. The museum was constructed in the Italian Renaissance revival style between 1889 and1896. It was designed by architects G.E.W. Moller and Vilhelm Dahlerup. Here you will find foreign as well as Danish art displays that ranges from 14th century to the present day. National Gallery has on display art and artifacts from the Danish Monarch’s art chambers. Mostly, works of Danish artists were displayed at this museum during the 19th century. It was here that you could find an extensive collection of paintings from the Danish Golden Age. Recently, a spate of long term loans and generous donations helped bring in a huge collection of works by foreign artists. For example, Johannes Rump donated his large collection of French Modernist paintings in 1928. You must keep an entire day dedicated to this museum as it contains at least 9000 sculptures and paintings on display. You will also find 2600 ancient Renaissance and Middle Age plaster cast figures and 300,000 paper art works. You will also find a collection of art works dating from the twelfth century.

If you are an art lover, you must visit the Hirschsprung Collection at a popular art museum in Copenhagen. This museum is located in Ostre Anlaeg in a parkland setting. It has an impressive collection of 19th and 20th century Danish art. Here you will find on display works of Skagen painters and other paintings that emphasize the Danish Golden Age.
Origins of this museum can be traced back to Heinrich Hirschsprung’s personal art collection. He was a tobacco manufacturer and an art patron. His art collection was founded in 1865 and was donated to the Danish state four decades later in 1902. The building where the collection is housed was designed and built in 1911 by architect Hermann Baagoe Storck.
It was in 1888 that Heinrich’s collection of artworks was first displayed to public in Charlottenborg. As the Danish state was in the process of planning to build the museum building, Hirschsprung continued to collect exquisite artworks that included sculptures, Joakim Skovgaard’s cartoons and works of contemporary artists like Vilhelm Hammershoi, Anna Ancher and Michael Ancher.
His phenomenal dedication and effort resulted in an impressive collection of 180 sculptures sculpted by 20 Danish artists. Make sure the Hirschsprung Collection is a part of your itinerary on your trip to Copenhagen.